Exotic Oilseed Diseases

Episode 1: 2020 in review and looking at the year ahead

Welcome to the first episode of the new Field Crop Diseases Victoria podcast series. We hope you enjoy. In episode one, Jemma Pearl caught up with Steve Marcroft, Grant Hollaway and Josh Fanning to talk about disease in 2020 and their thoughts on what growers should be thinking about for […]

fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Fall Armyworm (Spodpetera frugiperda)

Spodopetera frugiperda, better known as Fall armyworm (FAW), is native to the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Americas and can be devastating to crops. The larvae of Fall armyworm have a large host range including maize, pulses, sorghum, soybean, winter cereals, peanuts, sunflowers, sugar cane, cotton, watermelon and rockmelon. […]